Blog Posts
Law of Attraction
You may have heard about this law of attraction stuff...... in a nutshell it means what we think and do and believe we attract into our lives. Kind of like our thoughts and energy are magnets and they attract stuff in our lives. So the theory goes, if you want more...
Life: Shitstorms and Sunshine
I don't know about you, but when I was younger I sort of thought things like " I will be happy when everything is fine in my life" Like plenty of money, great job, no one sick all the things. I really thought that there would come a time in life when Shitstorms...
No More People Pleasing
I am by nature, the world's biggest people pleaser. The People Pleasers People Pleaser. I say yes, when I want to say no, I try to keep others happy before myself, including BTW strangers and clerks in stores that kind of thing. It was/is pretty bad. I want to tell...
Thought Fitness
Thoughts When we think of fitness and wellbeing, many, if not all of us think of taking care of our bodies, right? What we eat, drink, and how much we move our bodies. We go to gyms, count calories, and drink water to stay hydrated, we pay attention to our bodies and...
Start Living: Try Something New
"Whose dumb idea was this anyway"?, I grumble to myself as I head out the door to my first Orange Theory Fitness Class! I briefly considered blaming it on my baby sister who had suggested it, but even in my nervous state, I laughed at myself at the absurdity of such a...
About Me
“To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson When...
Once Upon a Time……
Once upon a time a long time ago, I was a young, young Mom with two little girls and far away from home in a foreign country and married to a beast of a man. He had a terribly violent temper and was abusive in every way imaginable, he controlled all the money, the...
Our Island
In the middle of a lake, in the middle of Nova Scotia stands an Island, and you know what? She is our Island! Yep, my husband and I own an island and I have to say she is spectacular. Majestic, beautiful, soft, light, gentle, and innocent. She sits there, day in and...
Happy Thanksgiving
Our Island Gratitude. What does that mean to you? It is not a platitude of giving thanks at Thanksgiving, with the turkey and cranberries, or saying thanks for a lovely gift at least for me that is not gratitude. For me, it is an attitude of gratitude it is a...
The Load
" It's too much of a load," said my client. " I have too much on my plate," said another client. " It feels really heavy," said yet another client. All around me with my clients, others, and myself things feel heavy. The Pandemic lingers on, comes back, never leaves,...
Coaching Packages
WELCOME To Start Living Coaching with Coach Susy Giddy! YOU ARE A HIGH ACHIEVING PERSONYou are a high-achieving, hard-working, motivated compassionate, caring person. Maybe you are a professional, a lawyer, a professor, a business owner, an executive…You...
Come On Deputy
"Come on Deputy", I say to my beloved dog Ruffus, " Please Don't Eat the Daisies". This sends me bursting into giggles, all alone on the top of our mountain, because after all who would want to eat daisies and who calls their dog "Deputy" when their dog's name is...